Difference between revisions of "CSC103 Weekly Schedule 2013"
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* '''Tuesday''' | * '''Tuesday''' | ||
− | ** | + | ** Syllabus |
+ | ** Introduction to the class and the 1/2 semester schedule | ||
+ | ** Organization of the class | ||
+ | ** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eAk6oNBSMU a short movie] to get the discussion started... | ||
+ | ** some examples of computers: | ||
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+ | <center>[[Image:AbacusWolfram.png|400px]]</center> | ||
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+ | <center>[[Image:DifferenceEngine.jpg|400px]]</center> | ||
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+ | <center>[[Image:DifferenceEngineDetail.jpg|400px]]</center> | ||
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+ | <center>[[Image:DNAComputer.png|400px]]</center> | ||
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+ | <center>[[File:Antikythera.jpg|400px]]<br />Antikythera mechanism, oldest computer</center> | ||
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+ | <center><videoflash>mpkTHyfr0pM</videoflash></center> | ||
+ | (start at 1min 47sec) | ||
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+ | <center>[[Image:DoubleHelix.jpg|400px]] <br /> | ||
+ | Harvard research: [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9230401/Harvard_stores_70_billion_books_using_DNA 1.8 zettabytes in 4 grams of DNA]</center> | ||
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+ | ** Keywords: | ||
+ | *** <font color="magenta">code</font>: Translating from one system of values to another system. | ||
+ | ** <font color="magenta">Electricity</font> | ||
+ | ** <font color="magenta">The Binary System</font>: a system where the only two numbers available are 0 and 1. Every operation that we can do in decimal, with 10 digits, we can also do in binary. | ||
+ | ** <font color="magenta">The Transistor</font>: A switch controlled by electricity. | ||
+ | ** Two giants for computer science: | ||
+ | *** <font color="magenta">George Boole</font> (1779-1848): logic expression = boolean expression. Logic: creating formulas where variables are combined by operators. The variables are ''boolean'' variables, the operators are ''logic operators''. Any formula can be represented with a combination of just three operators: '''AND''', '''OR''', and '''NOT'''. | ||
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* '''Thursday''' | * '''Thursday''' | ||
Revision as of 19:07, 2 September 2013
--D. Thiebaut 10:23, 1 April 2013 (EDT)
Week | Topics | Reading |
Week 1 9/3 |
Antikythera mechanism, oldest computer
(start at 1min 47sec)
Harvard research: 1.8 zettabytes in 4 grams of DNA
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Week 2 9/10 |
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Week 3 9/17 |
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Week 4 9/24 |
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Week 5 10/1 |
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Week 6 10/8 |
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Week 7 10/15 |
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